Nuru Joins Listings For The Combined Federal Campaign

If you are a federal employee, or know someone who is, then I am excited to share with you a unique opportunity to show your support for Nuru International’s work. This fall, Nuru has joined the listing of qualifying organizations for the Combined Federal Campaign.

What does this mean? Each year, Federal Employees are encouraged to make contributions to the CFC as part of a government wide philanthropy campaign. Many employees make a general contribution to the CFC, but employees also have the option of making contributions to a designated qualifying CFC charity.

This fall, Nuru qualified for being listed. Any federal employee can designate their contributions to go specifically to further Nuru’s work. Here are three specific ways you can help.

1. Donate—make your contributions count for Nuru by looking up Nuru’s campaign Number on your campaign materials.
2. Spread the word—tell folks around your work place about the awesome work Nuru is doing, and how they can make their CFC contributions count for Nuru too!
3. Get Social—Use Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, and Facebook to spread the word across your network so even more people can sign on. Feel free to Pin this post on Pinterest too, and I have done so already, here! :)

Enrollment periods vary among agencies, but any promotion you can do between now and the end of your enrollment period would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all you do to be Nuru! Now, let’s try to raise some cash to help Nuru fight extreme poverty in Kuria West, Kenya and beyond!

Nuru International And Chase Community Giving 2012

If you are on Facebook and have followed much in the nonprofit world, you might have heard of the Chase Community Giving contest. Chase is giving away $5 million dollars to about 200 nonprofits. I would personally love to see Nuru be among that group. With your help, I believe we can work together to qualify Nuru for at least a $10,000 grant from Chase.

So how do you do it? Go to the Facebook page for Chase, "like" it, and vote for Nuru. After you vote, you can update your facebook, twitter, google+, and linked in statuses with your vote so you can get your friends involved. It literally takes seconds to vote and spread the word.

If you don't have facebook, send a link to this blog post via email to your friends and contacts, and tell them that you want them to help Nuru Internaional receive $10,000 or more. 

The important thing is that you VOTE NOW because voting closes September 19. Will you take a minute out of your day and help Nuru? We need folks to take action RIGHT NOW.

Thanks so much! Your vote can literally be the difference in Nuru being able to receive $10,000 or more.

GO! GO! GO!